@cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop
Post #109343
2026-01-03 16:24 UTC
@thias@mastodon.social @mirrorwitch@awful.systems Turns out you don't need much more than early 90s chips to build effective combat drones. What you need is trained troops, tactical doctrine, and a supply chain to support them in the field.
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@Robert_Brandt@spacey.space 2026-01-03 16:33
@cstross@wandering.shop @thias@mastodon.social @mirrorwitch@awful.systems They are there too, and have the biggest manufacturing base.
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@thias@mastodon.social 2026-01-03 18:21
@cstross@wandering.shop @mirrorwitch@awful.systems so it boils down to the question if China can switch to wartime economy - where growth is limited to military industries - and stay stable.